overview of the revised accreditation standards and new oversight process ronald l. baker

2009 NWCCU Annual Meeting

Overview of the Revised Accreditation Overview of the Revised Accreditation Standards and New Oversight ProcessStandards and New Oversight Process

Ronald L. BakerRonald L. Baker

Executive Vice President and Director,Executive Vice President and Director,Standards Revision and Implementation ProjectStandards Revision and Implementation Project


IntentionIntention

Provide UpdateProvoke ThoughtPromote Dialogue


MethodologyMethodology

Method consists of two correlative and complementary processes: 1) Analysis 1) Analysis

of complex totalities into their parts; and 2) Synthesis 2) Synthesis of parts into their totality.

However, the two processes by themselves are imperfect and require each other for the full development of

knowledge and understanding.Joseph L. Esposito


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AnalysisAnalysis

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SynthesisSynthesis

Holistic

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StandardStandard

An accreditation standard is a principle-based statement of expectations for institutional practice that concurrently:

1) Functions as an indicator of educational quality and effectiveness by which institutions are evaluated; and

2) Provides guidance for continuous improvement.


New Accreditation StandardsNew Accreditation Standards

Standard One:Standard One:Mission, Core Themes, Goals, and Outcomes

Standard Two:Standard Two:Resources and Capacity

Standard Three:Standard Three:Planning and Implementation

Standard Four:Standard Four:Effectiveness and Improvement

Standard Five:Standard Five:Mission Fulfillment, Sustainability, and Adaptation


Core ThemeCore Theme

A core theme is a manifestation of a fundamental aspect of institutional mission with an overarching common purpose that guides planning for programs and services, development of capacity, and application of resources to fulfill that aspect of the mission.

Standard One: Mission, Core Themes, Goals, and Outcomes Explication of Mission, Core Themes, Goals, and Intended Outcomes

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Standard Two: Resources and Capacity Examination of Major Institutional Systems

Standard Three: Planning and Implementation Institutional and Core Theme Planning to Apply Resources and Capacity

Standard Five: Mission Fulfillment, Sustainability, and Adaptation Evaluate Mission Fulfillment; Evaluate Adaptability to Change;

Determine Confidence for Future Relevance, Success, and Viability

Standard Four: Effectiveness and Improvement Assess Achievement in Core Themes with Results Used for Improvement

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Section ASection APurpose and PotentialPurpose and Potential

Standard OneStandard OneMission, Core Themes, Goals, and OutcomesMission, Core Themes, Goals, and Outcomes

Standard One requires the development and communication of a clearly defined institutional mission and core themes within that mission. It also requires identification of goals or intended outcomes, each with assessable indicators of achievement, which will be used to assess effectiveness.


Section ASection APurpose and PotentialPurpose and Potential

Standard TwoStandard Two Resources and CapacityResources and Capacity

Standard Two enables an evaluation of inputs to determine the potential for institutional success by focusing on the capital available to apply toward mission fulfillment and achievement of goals and intended outcomes of theme cores within that mission.


Section BSection BPlans and AchievementsPlans and Achievements

Standard ThreeStandard Three Planning and ImplementationPlanning and Implementation

Standard Three requires regular and systematic planning that provides direction, sets priorities, and guides application of resources and capacity to fulfill mission and achieve core theme goals or outcomes. Planning includes identification of intended student learning outcomes for educational programs.


Section BSection BPlans and AchievementsPlans and Achievements

Standard FourStandard Four Effectiveness and ImprovementEffectiveness and Improvement

Standard Four requires regular and systematic assessment of achievement of goals and outcomes for each core theme. Results are published and used for improvement. Assessment of student achievement of intended learning outcomes is conducted for all educational programs.


Section CSection CInstitutional Success and ViabilityInstitutional Success and Viability

Standard FiveStandard Five Mission Fulfillment, Sustainability,Mission Fulfillment, Sustainability, and and AdaptationAdaptation

Standard Five evaluates mission fulfillment by analyzing and synthesizing effectiveness in achieving goals and outcomes of core themes. It requires monitoring of institutional environments to adapt as needed to ensure institutional relevance, sustainability, and viability over time.


IntegrationIntegration

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Analysis and Synthesis Embedded in the Accreditation Standards

Standard One: Mission, Core Themes, Goals, and OutcomesExplication of Mission, Core Themes, Goals, and Intended Outcomes

Standard Three: Planning and ImplementationInstitutional and Core Theme Planning to Apply Resources and Capacity

Theme 1 Theme 2 Theme 3 Theme 4 . . . Theme N

Governance ↓ → ← ↓ → ← ↓ → ← ↓ → ← ↓

Personnel ↓ → ← ↓ → ← ↓ → ← ↓ → ← ↓

EducationProgram

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StudentSupport

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LibraryResources

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Technology ↓ → ← ↓ → ← ↓ → ← ↓ → ← ↓

Finance ↓ → ← ↓ → ← ↓ → ← ↓ → ← ↓

Facilities ↓ → ← ↓ → ← ↓ → ← ↓ → ← ↓

↓ ↓ Theme 1 Theme 2 Theme 3 Theme 4 . . . Theme N

↓ ↓ Standard Four: Effectiveness and Improvement↓ ↓ Assess Achievement in Core Themes with Results Used for Improvement

Standard Five: Mission Fulfillment, Sustainability, and AdaptationEvaluate Mission Fulfillment; Evaluate Adaptability to Change

Determine Confidence for Future Relevance, Success, and Viability

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Standard One: Mission, Core Themes, Goals, and Outcomes

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Report on Standard One; No Visit Report reviewed by committee of evaluators;

Findings forwarded to Board of Commissioners.

Standard Two: Resources and Capacity

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Expand Report on Standard One to Include Standard Two; Visit to Address

Standards One and Two

Standard Three: Planning and Implementation;

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Expand Report on Standards One and Two to Include Standards Three and Four; No Visit

Report reviewed by committee of evaluators with particular attention on Standards Three and Four; Findings forwarded to Board of Commissioners.

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Expand Report on Standards One, Two, Three, and Four to Include Standard Five; Visit to Address Standards Three, Four, and Five

Septennial Accreditation Cycle

ProcessYearStandard


Reporting StructureReporting Structure

Biennial reports reflect institutional reality throughout the accreditation cycle

Approved (minor and substantive) changes are incorporated in next scheduled report

Natural opportunities every two years to evaluate progress on areas of concern

Reduced need for interim reports/visits

Consistent with non-compliance timeline


Evolving ReportEvolving Report

Each report is internally coherent

Changes since last report are identified

Previous chapters are modified as necessary to reflect those changes

Year Seven report reflects current reality over all standards and provides a foundation for the next cycle


Pilot InstitutionsPilot Institutions

Carroll College

Columbia Basin College

University of Alaska Anchorage

Wenatchee Valley College

Due Date Process Review and Action

March 1, 2009 Year One Report to Address Standard One Executive Committee (March 2009)

September 1, 2009 Year Three Report and Visit: Expand Year One Report to Include Standard Two; October Visit to Address

Standards One and Two

Board of Commissioners (January 2010)

March 1, 2010 Year Five Report: Expand Year Three Report to Include Standards Three and Four.

Executive Committee (March 2010)

September 1, 2010 Year Seven Report and Visit: Expand Year Five Report to Include Standard Five; October Visit to

Address Standards Three, Four, and Five

Board of Commissioners (January 2011)

Calendar for Pilot Institutions

a Institutions scheduled for comprehensive visits in 2009 or 2010 will be evaluated under the current standards and processb For 2011 reports and visits on all standards institutions may elect to be evaluated under the current standards or the revised standards

Septennial Schedule

Conversion Calendar - Accredited InstitutionsRevised February 12, 2009

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

a2009 Year 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 7 Year 1

a2010 Year 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 7 Year 1

2011 bAll

Standards Year 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 7

2012 Year 1 All

Standards Year 1 Year 3 Year 5

2013 Year 1 Year 3 Year 7 Year 1 Year 3 Year 5




2017 Year 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 7 Year 1

2018 Year 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 7 Year 1

Fall 2010

Spring 2011

Fall 2011

Spring 2012

Fall 2012

Spring 2013

Fall 2013

Fall 2010

aAll Standards

Spring 2011

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Fall 2011

bAll

Standards

Spring 2012

Fall 2012

bAll

Standards

Spring 2013

bAll

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Fall 2013

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Conversion Calendar - Candidate InstitutionsSeptennial Schedule

a For Fall 2010 reports and visits, institutions may address the current standards or the revised standards.b Beginning in spring 2011, only the revised standards will be used.

Accreditation Events and Cost Comparison

*Average ten-year total for institutions with comprehensive visits; Does not include institutions with multiple comprehensive visits.1Combined total of progress reports and focused, regular, and comprehensive reports and visits.2Combined total of focused , regular, and comprehensive visit evaluators.

Season Progress Focused Total Total Septennial SeptennialReports Visits Events Evaluators Events Evaluators

Spring 2007 1.9 1.9 5.7 13.3 4 6+Themes

Fall 2007 1.6 1.6 5.1 13.9 4 6+Themes

Spring 2008 2.7 2.2 6.9 12.6 4 6+Themes

Fall 2008 1.9 1.7 5.6 13.6 4 6+Themes

Average 2.0 1.8 5.8 13.3 4 6+Themes


GuidanceGuidance

Guidelines for thePreparation of Reports


Year One ReportYear One Report

Title PageTitle PageTitle of ReportInstitution NameDate

Table of ContentsTable of Contents

Introduction Introduction [One (1) page maximum][One (1) page maximum]

Institutional Context Institutional Context [One (1) page maximum][One (1) page maximum]

PrefacePrefaceBrief Update on Institutional Changes Since Last Report

Address Topics Requested By the Commission


Year One ReportYear One Report (continued) (continued)

Section I: Mission and Goals Section I: Mission and Goals [Three (3) Pages Maximum][Three (3) Pages Maximum]

Mission Statement

Statement of Institutional Goals

Dates and Methods of Most Recent Reviews of Mission and Goals

Indicators of Mission Fulfillment

Indicators of Achievement of Institutional Goals

Rationale regarding why the Indicators are Assessable and Meaningful Measures of Mission Fulfillment and Goal Achievement


Year One ReportYear One Report (continued) (continued)

Section II: Core ThemesSection II: Core Themes

For each Core Theme: [Three (3) Pages Maximum Per Theme]

Descriptive Title (e.g., Workforce Development; Undergraduate Education; Service; Research)

Goals and Intended Outcomes

Indicators of Achievement of Goals and Intended Outcomes

Rationale as to Why the Indicators are Assessable and Meaningful Measures of Achievement

Section III: Chapter One SummarySection III: Chapter One Summary [One (1) Page [One (1) Page Maximum]Maximum]


Year Three ReportYear Three Report

Update Preface and Expand Year One Report to Include:

Chapter Two Chapter Two (Standard Two: Resources and Capacity)(Standard Two: Resources and Capacity)

Section I: GovernanceSection II: PersonnelSection III: Education ProgramSection IV: Student SupportSection V: Library and Information ResourcesSection VI: TechnologySection VII: FinanceSection VIII: FacilitiesSection IX: Chapter Two Summary

Report Summary Report Summary (Chapters One and Two)(Chapters One and Two)


Year Five ReportYear Five Report

Update Preface and Expand Year Three Report to Include:

Chapter ThreeChapter Three (Standard Three: Planning and Implementation)(Standard Three: Planning and Implementation)

Section I: Institutional Strategic PlanningSection II: Core Theme Planning

For each Core Theme:Integration with Strategic PlanAlignment with Identified Goals and OutcomesFor Educational Programs:

Intended Learning OutcomesCurriculumGeneral Education and Related InstructionGraduate Programs

Section III: Ethical and Professional ConductSection IV: Chapter Three Summary


Year Five Report Year Five Report (continued)(continued)

Update Preface and Expand Year Three Report to Include:

Chapter FourChapter Four (Standard Four: Effectiveness and Improvement)(Standard Four: Effectiveness and Improvement)

Section I: Assessment - For each Core ThemeAdequacy and Effectiveness of Resources and CapacityAssess Achievement of Goals and Intended OutcomesFor Educational Programs

Program AssessmentStudent Learning Assessment

Use of Results for ImprovementDissemination of ResultsCore Theme Summary

Section II: Chapter Four Summary

Report Summary Report Summary (Chapters One, Two, Three, and Four)(Chapters One, Two, Three, and Four)


Year Seven ReportYear Seven Report

Update Preface and Expand Year Five Report to Include:

Chapter Five Chapter Five (Mission Fulfillment, Sustainability, and Adaptation)(Mission Fulfillment, Sustainability, and Adaptation)

Section I: Evaluation of Mission FulfillmentSection II: Environmental ScanSection III: Adaptation and SustainabilitySection III: Self RegulationSection IV: Chapter Five Summary

Report Summary Report Summary (Chapters One, Two, Three, Four, and Five)(Chapters One, Two, Three, Four, and Five)


Year Three CommitteeYear Three Committee

ChairMission, Core Themes, Goals; Governance

EvaluatorEducation Program

EvaluatorStudent Support; Personnel

EvaluatorLibrary and Information Resources; Technology

EvaluatorFinance; Facilities


Year Seven CommitteeYear Seven Committee

ChairMission Fulfillment; Adaptation; Sustainability

EvaluatorsOne Evaluator for Each Mission Core Theme


Outstanding IssuesOutstanding Issues

All requests for 2011 or later ARFE, Progress, Focused, and Regular reports are rescinded.

Instead, each institution will address the subject(s) of those requests as a single addendum to its 2011 report under the new standards and process.


TimelineTimeline

Spring Refine Standards

Late Spring Penultimate Draft

July Final Board Review

Summer Finalize Standards

Fall Regional Meetings

Late Fall Membership Vote

January 2010 Board Ratification

January 2011 Implementation


General Comments and QuestionsGeneral Comments and Questions

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